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DOI: 10.15507/2409-630X.049.016.202002.203-214

Dmitrii K. Stozhko

Ural State University of Economics (Ekaterinburg, Russia),

e-mail: d.k.stozhko@mail.ru

 

Socio-economic views of P. B. Struve (to the 150th anniversary of his birth)

 

Introduction. In 2020 marks the 150th anniversary of the birth of P. B. Struve, an outstanding Russian scientist, economist and philosopher, public and political figure. The aim of the study is to evaluate the scientific contribution of P. B. Struve to the development of Russian socio-economic thought, taking into account the existing new social reality. Materials and Methods. The study used the methods of analysis, synthesis, generalizations and axiology, as well as historical and retrospective, historical and genetic and hermeneutical methods of studying problematic issues in the history of economic science. The study is based on primary sources: the economic works of P. B. Struve himself and his contemporaries. Results. Among the most significant political and economic ideas of P. B. Struve, the scientific concepts formulated by him of the “state-master” and “human fitness” are highlighted. The differences between P. B. Struve and V. I. Lenin in understanding the nature and nature of land rent are shown. The scientist’s contribution to the development of price theory and pricing issues is revealed. The conclusion is drawn on the political and economic essence and content of the socio-economic views of P. B. Struve as an ideology of economic humanism. Discussion and Conclusion. Domestic and foreign studies of the views of P. B. Struve of the second half of the 20th and the first decades of the 21st centuries are noted. The assessment of the concept of macroeconomic (price) equilibrium by P. B. Struve in comparison with similar ideas of A. Marshall, A. Pareto, L. Walras, J. R. Hicks is given. The main stages in the evolution of the socio-economic views of P. B. Struve are highlighted.

Keywords. The host state, liberal conservatism, personal fitness, economic humanism.

For citation: D. K. Stozhko. Socio-economic views of P. B. Struve (to the 150th anniversary of his birth).  Ekonomicheskaya istoriya = Russian Journal of Economic History. 2020; 16(2): 203–214. (In Russ.). DOI: 10.15507/2409-630X.049.016.202002.203-214.

 

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